‘I’m Anna! ’ - Movement: Poem on Corruption in India

The poor become poorer each dayThe rich turn richer every wayCorruption is the cause that mayPrevent a nation’s progress, Aye!

Corruption rules the world in waysIndiscernible yet, always; The common man’s heart, mind and faceReveals the menace in each case

Corruption wears so many masks; The corrupt in lucre’s sun basks; All accept it and no one asks, ‘Why burden-some turn daily tasks? ’

Corruption has gone too rampant; It runs amok like an elephant; The poor man’s life is like an ant; Mass rallies slogans only chant.

The war to curb corruption’s on; Good youth in India have been born; The people get gleanings of corn, While sheaves in rich men’s homes adorn.

Corruption’s the cause of price-rise; Share-markets play a game like dice; Taxes have grown mammoth in size; A tax-payer ashamed then dies.

Which leader will then stem this rot? – Democracy is badly caught; The fight must be much bravely foughtTill freedom after Freedom’s got! Dedicated to ‘ I’m Anna! ’ movement hero in IndiaShri. Anna Hazare